All Forum Posts by: Mike Butler

yuu are absolutely right Karl!

thanks Carl Fischer - david just google QB for Investors

thanks Carl Fischer and

Jonathan Wildy Investor from Atchison, Kansas

this happened yesterday afternoon in Louisville. a Landlord went to tenant's home, knocked on door to collect rent, Tenant grabbed gun and shot Landlord several times while he was retreating to his vehicle. It was reported Tenant kept firing as vehicle sped away. Landlord crashed vehicle a block or so away and was rushed to hospital - Landlord died from gunshot wounds. for more info and details 

you can check our local TV station websites for more details -  

Another Louisville Landlord KILLED by Tenant when knocking on door for rent! ATTN: Landlords - STOP Knocking on Doors to Collect Rent - Are You Knocking on Doors to Collect Rent?

Thanks to Brandon Turner, Chad Carson, my good friend Sharon Vornholt, and Kevin Perk for putting my book "Landlording on AutoPilot" on TOP 10 Best Books for Real Estate Investors. I am looking forward to getting more involved with Bigger Pockets.

thanks again

Mike Butler

Absolutely Sandy! i use both every day

What do you think? Feedback from real people and investors is awesome!

Mike Butler

Attention Landlords and Property Managers

In my neck of the woods, we are having record setting extreme cold temperature that seem to keep lingering on and on. In the past, we are use to having a spike for a day or two and then warm weather returns.

This year, right now, Alaska is warmer than my hometown here in Louisville, Kentucky.

Frozen pipes can be a devastating blow to your wallet and bank account, especially when it seems to never leave.

This year is different. It feels like we are living in the arctic or Siberia. In an effort to try to keep plumbing cost down, I created this email to send to all of our current residents.

Please note, I understand not every resident will follow these instructions, but if one resident does follow these instructions you have save money, time, and grief.

Here is the email. Feel free to steal and paste (copy and paste) to send to your residents (tenants).

Subject: “WARNING! How to Prevent Frozen Pipes and Headaches!

BODY:

EXTREME COLD is happening and TONITE!

RECORD COLD Temps below ZERO

TIP: How to keep your pipes from freezing

1. Turn on faucets allowing them to run a faster than a drip.. a very slow stream -, BOTH Hot and Cold,
2. OPEN The Cabinet Doors BELOW All of your sinks, kitchen, bathrooms, etc.
3. Turn up your thermostat now to get a head start before below zero temps arrive.
4. Laundry Room - Washer, dryer - if your washer and dryer is against an outside wall, please unscrew you hot and cold water hoses from your washer and place them in your washer (the same place you place clothes) and let the hoses just dangle in there. Turn on both hot and cold washer lines to a very slow stream.
5. if you feel like these are not working, you can always add a hair dryer to blow warm air under your sinks, or on the faucets in your laundry room
6. If your home is built on a crawl space, take cardboard and cover all of your vents in your foundation. (remember this was in your newsletter in the fall)
7. If you have a basement, carefully check all of the exterior walls looking for sunlight shining thru cracks where foundation meets the wall and especially where things are poked through the outside wall. This would things for your central air conditioning system, dryers vents, and more Plugging up all of these holes will save you money and prevent headaches..

Please Keep in Mind, this extreme cold weather is causing havoc with folks who are not prepared.

You can now be prepared and doing these simple little tips, you can save yourself a ton of headaches, grief, and inconvenience and money.

Stay Warm More Tips:

• front and rear doors: roll up bath towels and place snugly against the bottom of each door.
• while at home, get a big pot and fill with water. turn your stove on low to heat the water without a lid on the pot, you will get moisture and raise the humidity in your home. CAUTION: You MUST Turn OFF Your Stove if you leave your home for anything. NO EXCEPTIONS.
• SPACE HEATERS: Use extreme caution when using space heaters. A spike in home fires happen every year from improper use of space heaters during cold weather.

1. NEVER Use an extension cord with a space heater. ALWAYS plug directly into wall outlet
2. NEVER Allow electric cords of any kind to be bunched up in a pile or circled on top of each other. This causes them to overheat and causes most fires in cold weather.
3. ALWAYS UNPLUG electric space heaters when sleeping and when you are not at home.

Remember, it is not fun having no water, water all over your home, and the headache and mess of dealing with it and cleaning up everything. Please take action on these tips to save yourself money, grief, headache and major inconvenience

If you have any questions, please visit our website 24 hours day or call the office

Whitney

Office Manager

Vista Properties, Inc.

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Mike Butler

Happy Holidays and Here Is Your New Secret Money Maker for Landlords

Did You Know January Is By Far, the Worst Month of the Year to Get Your Rents Paid On Time for Most Landlords. Why? Because their tenants have shot their wad on Christmas and the holidays. Your challenge now is to get your January Rent Bill put on top of their "A" pile to pay first.

My BIG Secret Tip to Get Your January Rents PAID Early!

It Works!

I have been doing it for over 20 years!

If you have tenants and rental properties, this is a NO-BRAINER to make sure your tenants pay next month’s rent early.

Step into your Tenant’s shoes for just a moment. Holiday season, cold weather with higher utilities bills, extra expenses for holiday season… gifts for family, kids, etc.

Here is a great, simple, POWERFUL tool to make you look like a wonderful person and at the same time, almost guarantees your rent payment bill gets put on TOP of their bills to pay first or now.

The simple version is your very own Season’s Greeting Holiday Rent Coupon! You can get my Holiday Rent Coupon for free by clicking on the link below.

Here is How It Works!

As you probably already know, we bill all of our tenants on the 20th of this month for next month’s rent.

This means on December 20th, next Friday, my office manager Whitney will send monthly statements to all Tenants. Included in their monthly statement is the Vista newsletter for residents and their Vista Holiday Rent Coupon is enclosed as well.

How Much is the Discount?

Today the Holiday Coupon is $10 and can only be redeemed by making January 2014 rent payment on or BEFORE January 1. PERIOD.

Years ago, I tried fresh turkeys… did not work and made a mess. Depending on the size of your heart and bank account, you could change to $25, $50 or even $100.

Click Here to Get Your FREE Holiday Rent Coupon from MikeButler.com

you get both microsoft word and pdf formats

Share your comments about this idea to get your January rents paid early.